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Seth, Niti

Provost ad interim
Professor
Ed.D.
Harvard University
Boston
School Affiliation

Cambridge College School of Education & Counseling

Community Involvement
  • Cambridge Community Health Advisory Group, Cambridge Public Health Department.
  • Concord Academy, Parent Committee on Diversity.
  • Shady Hill School, Multicultural Committee.
  • Massachusetts Psychological Association, Research Committee on Images of Women in Cinema.
  • Women in International Development, Harvard-M.I.T. Group.
  • Boston Film Video Foundation Board of Directors
  • Mayor's Task Force on Cable Television, City of Cambridge.
  • American Film Festival. Juror, Social Science section
  • University Film Study Center Board of Directors
     
Courses Taught
  • Perspectives in Cross-Cultural Counseling
  • Psychoanalytic Techniques
  • Couples Counseling
  • Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Women in the Family
  • Personality and Counseling Theory
  • Human Development
Education

Ed.D., M.Ed. - Harvard University - Counseling and Consulting Psychology
Diploma - Family Institute of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA - Family Therapist
M.S. - Boston University - Film
B.A. - Beaver College, Glenside, PA - Honors Colloquium
Junior B.A. - Bombay University - Economics

Licensure
Psychologist, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Professional Experience
  • Staff Psychologist, Harvard University Bureau of Study Counsel
  • Staff Psychologist, Wellesley College
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
    - Associate Director, Educational Video Resources
    - Associate Producer, CAES - Women’s Film Unit
Research & Publications

Seth, N. “Women’s Talk (Baira Ni Vato): A Community-based Gujarati Village Structure for Empowering Communications” in Synergy, Healing, and Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity, ed. R. Katz and S. Murphy-Shigematsu. Brush Education Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  2012.

Katz, R and Seth, N. “Synergy and Healing: A Perspective on Western Health Care” in Synergy, Healing, and Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity, ed. R. Katz and S. Murghy-Shigematsu. Brush Education Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  2012.

Katz, R. & Seth, Niti, “Synergy and Healing: A Perspective on Western Health Care” in Prevention in Human Services: Directions for Policy and Practice, ed. Alfred Hyman Katz and Robert E. Hess (New York: The Haworth Press, 1987).

Seth, N. "Combining Object Relations Approaches with Family Systems Therapy.” Kantor Family Institute Newsletter. Vol. 1, No. 3. July, 1986.
Seth, N. “Conflict in systems interface: M.I.T. cable television, a case study.” In Proceedings of 4th International Architectural Psychology Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 1979.
 

Selected Presentations

Numerous lectures and presentations on family, students, women's and cross-cultural issues in psychology and counseling.